This anthology featuring fiction, poetry, autobiography, and literary criticism features contributions from noted African-American writers such as Frederick Douglass, James Baldwin, W.E.B. DuBois, Malcolm X, Gwendolyn Brooks, and many more, presenting some of the greatest and most enduring work born out of the African-American experience in the ...
The library of America is dedicated to publishing America's best and most significant writing in handsome, enduring volumes, featuring authoritative texts. Hailed as the "finest-looking, longest-lasting editions ever made" (The New Republic), Library of America volumes make a fine gift for any occasion. Now, with exactly one hundred volumes to ...
The library of America is dedicated to publishing America's best and most significant writing in handsome, enduring volumes, featuring authoritative texts. Hailed as the "finest-looking, longest-lasting editions ever made" (The New Republic), Library of America volumes make a fine gift for any occasion. Now, with exactly one hundred volumes to ...
Contains articles by eminent scholars who examine the processes involved in visual attention and the underlying physiological mechanisms that may be responsible for these processes.
With one-dish meals, cooking becomes tastier and easier than ever. In this revised and updated edition, 100 delicious and nutritious recipes for single-dish meals let busy home chefs put dinner on the table faster. Every element is coordinated, the preparations simplified, and the results are fantastic. An exciting menu of options includes soups, ...
A collection of medieval Arthurian literature and history spanning 500 years, culled from Latin, English, Welsh, French, and German sources and presenting many passages translated into English for the first time. Selections are arranged in sections on early works, Monmouth and the Brut chronicle tr
'This is an excellent collection of papers which celebrates the best of traditional approaches to fieldwork, whilst also looking to its future. The Handbook will quickly become essential reading for the novice and experienced fieldworker across many of the social sciences' - Chris Pole, University of Leicester Fieldwork is widely practiced but ...
The second of these annual volumes contains five wide-ranging pieces. In the medieval field, Neil Wright examines Geoffrey of Monmouth's use of Gildas; Beate Schmolke-Hasselmann contributes an important illustrated essay on the Round Table; and Fanny Bogdanow looks at Chretien de Troyes' use of troubadour ideals. Mary Wildman contributes to a ...
The library of America is dedicated to publishing America's best and most significant writing in handsome, enduring volumes, featuring authoritative texts. Hailed as the "finest-looking, longest-lasting editions ever made" (The New Republic), Library of America volumes make a fine gift for any occasion. Now, with exactly one hundred volumes to ...
This book deals with the theory, experiments and applications of the main topical areas of applied magnetism. These selected areas include the physics of magnetic recording, magnetic and magnetooptic recording devices, systems and media, magnetic fine particles, magnetic separation, domains and domain walls in soft magnetic materials, permanent ...
The relationship between systematics and ecology has recently been invigorated, and developed a long way from the old field of comparative biology. This change has been two-fold. Advances in phylogenetic research have allowed explicit phylogenetic hypotheses to be constructed for a range of different groups of organisms, and ecologists are now ...
While the primary focus of the work is on American criminology and contemporary criminal justice in the United States, extensive global coverage of other nations' justice systems is included, and the increasing international nature of crime is explored thoroughly. Thorough and wide-ranging, the Encyclopedia covers the following major areas: ...
-- Presents concise, easy-to-understand biographical, critical, and bibliographical information on a specific literary work -- Provides multiple sources for book reports and term papers with a wealth of information on literary works, authors, and major characters -- Digests of critical extracts prefaced by headnotes
This new study, written by a distinguished group of small college faculty and consultants, provides a contemporary portrait of small colleges--the educational advantages they offer, the problems they face, and innovative solutions now being developed. The authors discuss the benefits of education in a small college setting, including a tightly ...
The intent of this book is to critically analyze existing policies and assess the most effective approaches in preventing sex offender recidivism. This provocative and highly controversial book draws from criminal justice, law, forensic psychology, and social work to examine how current laws and policies become enacted and what to-date is known ...
Richard Wright is one of the landmark black authors of the 20th century. This collection contains some of his most evocative writing - essays, selections from his autobiography, poetry, letters, articles, photographs, and excerpts from his novels, forming a panorama of his writing career.
In the face of globalization, workers feel less secure in their jobs and fear wage losses and unemployment. This book explores these issues, asking whether the concerns are warranted.It brings together recent work in an important and rapidly expanding area. It provides comprehensive coverage of both theoretical and empirical aspects. It takes ...
Author Felix Braun has completed a monumental research project to unravel the thread that leads to the beginnings of Bristol's world renowned street art scene. Only somebody on the inside would be able to track down the leading figures from the early 80s and Felix was at the very heart of the movement which revolved around youth worker John Nation ...
Bloom's Reviews are a acclaimed advancement to the standard chapter-by-chapter plot summaries provided by most study guides. Each Review saves a student time by presenting the latest research, from noted literary scholars, in a practical and lucid format, enabling students to concentrate on improving their knowledge and understanding of the work ...
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